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adjective

Not necessary: dispensable, inessential, nonessential, uncalled-for, unessential, unnecessary, unneeded, unrequired. See necessary/unnecessary.

adj

Definition: unnecessary, groundless
Antonyms: essential, grounded, necessary, needed

IN BRIEF: adj. - Unnecessary and unwarranted.

Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. — Edwin Teale

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - unødig

idioms:

• needless to say    selvfølgeligt

Nederlands (Dutch)
nodeloos, overbodig

Français (French)
adj. - inutile, inopportun

idioms:

• needless to say    inutile de dire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unnötig

idioms:

• needless to say    selbstverständlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άσκοπος, άχρηστος, περιττός

idioms:

• needless to say    περιττό να λεχθεί, φυσικά

Italiano (Italian)
inutile

idioms:

• needless to say    senza dirlo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desnecessário

idioms:

• needless to say    desnecessário dizer

Русский (Russian)
ненужный

idioms:

• needless to say    само собой разумеется

Español (Spanish)
adj. - innecesario, superfluo, inútil

idioms:

• needless to say    huelga decir que, está de más decir que

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - onödig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不需要的, 不必要的

idioms:

• needless to say    不必说

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不需要的, 不必要的

idioms:

• needless to say    不必說

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 필요 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不必要な, むだな

idioms:

• needless to say    言うまでもなく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير ضروري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מיותר‬

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